Raleigh Road Ace Frame and forks

Nob · 2025-06-16T09:40:11+0100

vcballbat said:
Yeah the same guides used on Raleigh's SBDU Aero bike built for the Dutch market. Same as yours... not an aero tube in sight just aero shifters and bidon

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Dia compe aero calipers as lots of TT rides had them including myself

KermitGKona88 · 2025-06-16T19:31:08+0100

Reiver · 2025-06-16T20:49:21+0100

The Dutch bike's frame does look similar for sure.
Thanks for you take on Campag.
I was looking at Ofmega Mistral and Suntour.
I am impressed you chose Wienmann, this is what I used back in the eighties and they were very good.
So Chorus is decent kit?
just wow those sheriffs stars!
Would I be thrown to the wolves for putting Chorus on ;-)

Guinessisgoodforyou · 2025-06-16T21:07:09+0100

KermitGKona88 said:
Okay to clear one point up, why did cyclists in the 70's, 80's and 90's love Campagnolo easy... Winning. Until 1999 no Shimano equipped had won the Tour de France, so Campagnolo + the worlds most prestigious bike race = Winning... My personal dislike of Shimano goes much deeper and is just between me and the court appointed therapist OK? That Dutch bike offers a great solution.

If I was building one up...

Suntour top mount shifters https://bicyclist.cc/product/suntour-top-mount-aero-shift-lever-ld-2300/

Chorus C010-SM https://www.disraeligears.co.uk/site/campagnolo_chorus_c010-sm_1st_style_derailleur.html

Matching Chorus front https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=CB0FC1F8-BFB1-40D3-99DB-C89C60F8B767&Enum=113&AbsPos=19

Chainset Chorus https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=CB0FC1F8-BFB1-40D3-99DB-C89C60F8B767&Enum=113&AbsPos=19
Cambio Rino https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=CB0FC1F8-BFB1-40D3-99DB-C89C60F8B767&Enum=113&AbsPos=19
Edco https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=9A901E4B-301C-461F-91B8-ED0A76A26201&Enum=115&AbsPos=114
Ofmega Mistral (my choice) https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=55E59800-8D93-45CB-BFF6-C61B430467EE&Enum=115&AbsPos=261
Stronglight 107 https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=1BE4D7C5-71DE-4BE4-A027-96CDAF306827&Enum=115&AbsPos=448

Hubs Dream... https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=72663F7A-8B87-4FE0-8303-676DE83D6E67&Enum=110&AbsPos=68
Mavic https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=8E25B852-D341-409B-9053-548B73A3D85B&Enum=110&AbsPos=224

Brake levers Bitchin' https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=71C062FB-4840-4111-A89E-E2A7A27CF817&Enum=118&AbsPos=183
Simply the best https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=45D093C8-99C0-4A87-9A27-D1EA304A830C&Enum=118&AbsPos=302
Most sensible https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=C5F515CB-189E-4D59-A300-7BF859DAF8F0&Enum=118&AbsPos=88

Brakes Madness https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=486B7D92-B4DF-4FD4-949C-1A365D8837CC&Enum=117&AbsPos=55
Almost stop you https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=4819DCE8-823C-40B7-8038-0B4D0C2A1FD1&Enum=117&AbsPos=179
Italian ^ https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=C16DCC91-67BD-4AC0-8F39-6E861E869A9E&Enum=117&AbsPos=232
Professional https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=8C94A549-70D5-4F4B-974C-702423F1FA22&Enum=117&AbsPos=374
Hell yeah! https://velobase.com/ViewComponent.aspx?ID=F3AE1AD5-3CB0-4B0F-A250-48848902B1F5&Enum=117&AbsPos=663

Freewheel Everest/Maillard/Sachs/Regina

Chain Everest/Sedis

I know this is truly personal, the groupset principal never appealed to me loved to stir things up!!!

I've bribed your therapist

Your build is lovely apart from the mechs, Suntour Cyclone would be my choice, the Weinmann brake set is lovely, as is the Mistral chain set.

KermitGKona88 · 2025-06-16T21:30:48+0100

Guinessisgoodforyou said:
I've bribed your therapist
Your build is lovely apart from the mechs, Suntour Cyclone would be my choice, the Weinmann brake set is lovely, as is the Mistral chain set.

You asked about Campagnolo, Suntour superb pro would be my choice, the Chorus was my best compromise.

I tried to keep it mainly a Euro build.

Reiver, I have one of those Chorus mechs they shift OK and offer loads of adjustability.

Guinessisgoodforyou · 2025-06-16T21:30:55+0100

Reiver said:
The Dutch bike's frame does look similar for sure.
Thanks for you take on Campag.
I was looking at Ofmega Mistral and Suntour.
I am impressed you chose Wienmann, this is what I used back in the eighties and they were very good.
So Chorus is decent kit?
just wow those sheriffs stars!
Would I be thrown to the wolves for putting Chorus on ;-)

Chorus is the one below Record if I've got it right, so a good group. Again there are better functioning derailleurs of the period from Suntour and Shimano.
It depends what you want as it's your bicycle. I put Dura ace and 600 on a Daccordi. I got slagged for it. Did I care? Nope because it worked silently and flawlessly.
Another thing is some idiot telling you a nose up saddle is unrideable. Again no, loads of riders ride thousands of miles on them.
Your bike, your rules.

KermitGKona88 · 2025-06-16T21:34:15+0100

Guinessisgoodforyou said:
Chorus is the one below Record if I've got it right, so a good group. Again there are better functioning derailleurs of the period from Suntour and Shimano.
It depends what you want as it's your bicycle. I put Dura ace and 600 on a Daccordi. I got slagged for it. Did I care? Nope because it worked silently and flawlessly.
Another thing is some idiot telling you a nose up saddle is unrideable. Again no, loads of riders ride thousands of miles on them.
Your bike, your rules.

Yes at that time second in the order, Super record had been dropped at that time.

If you keep choosing function over form, everyone would be driving Toyota...

Guinessisgoodforyou · 2025-06-16T21:42:50+0100

KermitGKona88 said:
Yes at that time second in the order, Super record had been dropped at that time.

If you keep choosing function over form, everyone would be driving Toyota...

I do

drive a Toyota.

KermitGKona88 · 2025-06-16T21:43:42+0100

Guinessisgoodforyou said:
I do

I f**king knew it...

Guinessisgoodforyou · 2025-06-16T21:45:00+0100

KermitGKona88 said:
I f**king knew it...

I f**king told you when we had coffee

so that's cheating

Nice to see you back mate.

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